Birthday WAR

Find out the player with the most WAR born on your birthday. Mine is Jack Stivetts who was born in 1868. Jack threw 440 innings and 40 complete games for the 1891 St. Louis Browns. (Via BBTF)

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Kevin Brown

64.8 WAR

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Oct 28, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

June 15th...

Wade Boggs, 89 WAR.

by erich10031 on Oct 28, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

Willie Mays

154.7…yea

by Sam Page on Oct 28, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions

May 6th birthdays ftw

"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner

by metsguy234 on Oct 28, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes...Oil Can Boyd.

16.2 WAR. Fail.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 28, 2009 3:35 PM EDT reply actions

At least it's not Nov. 15

Gus Bell, 14.3 WAR

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Oct 28, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

At least mine has a cool name.

haha, Gus.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 28, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I skimmed through the lists

And that seems to be the lowest one :P

"I was so frustrated [Saturday], I [could have said] anything," ~Oliver Perez

by Lance Johnson on Oct 28, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Shit, never mind. Guy's badass.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 28, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

March 24

George Sisler, 1893, 50.4 WAR

by Mr. Bananagrabber on Oct 28, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

Albert Pujols, suckas!

67.4.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Oct 28, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

not even half of mine

sucka

by Sam Page on Oct 28, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Talk to me in 20 years.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Oct 28, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions

October 28th

Bob Veale 1935 27.6

That’s a bit measly!

by deadspy3 on Oct 28, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

July 26th

Mick Jagger

by Sokojoe on Oct 28, 2009 3:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

February 9th

Vladimir Guerrero
56.8

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 28, 2009 3:51 PM EDT reply actions

Wait, I take that back.

Joe Pesci
500000000000

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 28, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Gaylord Perry 96.3

by fxcarden on Oct 28, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

Mark Buehrle

34.5.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 28, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

Ray Durham, 32.7 . .

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

Red Ruffing

53.6. Proud to have a HOFer and all, but did it have to be a Yankee?

by Alex Nelson on Oct 28, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions

George Van Haltren - March 30

Yeah, I have no idea who he is either, but he posted a pretty decent 45.1 WAR.

by dcmetsfan on Oct 28, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

You could argue Van Haltren belongs in the HOF. He was a speedy center fielder in the 1890s for the Giants, a guy entirely forgotten today. Had a great reputation with the glove, career wasn’t too short, hit .310 with a .385 OBA, stole 500+ bases. From 1889-1900, he scored 109 runs or more every season but one, that being his season in the old Players League when he scored 84 in 92 games. After he retired from MLB, he spent six seasons in the PCL.

Great story about Van Haltren: He was coaching third base one day, and there was a runner on second but no one on third. As the pitcher began to deliver, from the coach’s box Van Haltren dashed home, as if he were stealing home plate. The pitcher fired home to catch Van Haltren, forgetting that there actually was no one on third. The catcher wasn’t ready, the ball bounced away, and the runner on second scored easily.

by Alex Nelson on Oct 28, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Interesting

Thanks for the info.

by dcmetsfan on Oct 28, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Gary Carter

bitches.

by MetsKnicksRutgers on Oct 28, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

I win!!

Stan the fucking Man Musial with 127.8!! And I knew it without even looking it up.

by Endys Game on Oct 28, 2009 4:27 PM EDT reply actions

Sam wins, actually (see above)

We have to wait for Prince Albert to finish he career before I take the title.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Oct 28, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I demand a recount

I say Musial’s UZR was too low given the tough right field in Sportsman’s Park

by Endys Game on Oct 28, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone named Amos Strunk

Weak. 25.5. Ubaldo Jimenez should top him by the time his career is done if he stays healthy, and Chone Figgins could, too.

by TedBerg on Oct 28, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions

yesterday was Ralph Kiner's birthday (45.9 WAR)

Happy Fathers’ Day, Ralph!

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Oct 28, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

rec'd

by JoshNY on Oct 28, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Scott Kazmir...

Why am I not surprised?

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Stephen Schmidt on Oct 28, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

we can fix you in 10 minutes

by fxcarden on Oct 28, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Carl Yastrzemski

88.7
Not bad.

ain't had enough...

by BlackOps on Oct 28, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

Napoleon Lajoie

104.2
Love it! Nothing says old school like dead ball era baseball. Gotta love that he beat out the “Duke of Douche” Ty Cobb for a few batting titles and a new car.

I think that puts me in third place right now.

by Coolpapabell on Oct 28, 2009 5:10 PM EDT reply actions

Nap Lajoie

is probably my all time favorite “forgotten” player. He was pretty much right behind Cobb, Speaker, and Wagner for best player of the dead ball era.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 28, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Jesse "Crab" Burkett

68 career WAR

left fielder born 12/4/1868; played his best years with the Cleveland Spiders, as well as shorter stints with the NY Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns and Boston Americans; won National League batting titles in 1895, 1896 and 1901 (when he also led the NL in OPS+; 389 career SB to go with a career .415 OBP; his 55 career inside-the-park HR are the most in MLB history; inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946.

gotta love the Internet.

(if I’d been born five hours earlier, it’d be the incomparable Darryl Hamilton.)

by JoshNY on Oct 28, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions

I wouldn't mess with that guy

by James Kannengieser on Oct 28, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Lance Berkman

41.6

"I was so frustrated [Saturday], I [could have said] anything," ~Oliver Perez

by Lance Johnson on Oct 28, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions

Ugh... Willie Randolph

by Bieser's Balk on Oct 28, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions

HA HA

by fxcarden on Oct 28, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions

nice

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 29, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions

when i eat birthday cake a little later on...

it’ll be a little sweeter

by Bieser's Balk on Oct 29, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

haha, rec'd

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 29, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Sandy Koufax

54.5

4.5 hours earlier: Devon White 41.3

And born on the day I was actually supposed to be born: Al Kaline with 91.

"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-

by future on Oct 28, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions

Nolan Ryan

84.8. Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson also born on my birthday.

by johnmac7512 on Oct 28, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions

Fred Clarke, 73.4

Helped the Pirates win the 1909 World Series. Elected to the HOF in 1945.

by cjmulrain on Oct 28, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions

Mark is a Christmas Baby

And Mark’s birthday coincides with the greatest of all time. Mah man, RICKEY! 113.1 WAR!

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Oct 28, 2009 8:29 PM EDT reply actions

30.9

Claude Cassius Ritchey (October 5, 1873 in Emlenton, Pennsylvania – November 8, 1951 in Emlenton, Pennsylvania), is a former professional baseball player who played second base in the Major Leagues from 1897-1909. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Doves, and Louisville Colonels.